Articles, reports & dispatches.
Long-form scholarship and short news from the HALI editorial desk — published continuously between the four print quarterlies.
125 Years of De Wit
Read an abridged version of the HALI 204 book review of 'Tapestry Production & Conservation 125 Years of De Wit - Royal Manufacturers of Tapestry' by Maria Taboga and Nello Forti Grazzini. While highly technical content, it is always a pleasurable as well as an informative…
Profile: Cathryn Cootner
Cathryn Cootner—collector, dealer, author, lecturer and formerly curator of textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco—passed away earlier this year after a mercifully short battle with cancer. In HALI 209, a self portrait has been compiled by Thomas Cole
Katie Welch · 5 min
The Orient Stars Collection
Watch a new feature length film on The Orient Stars Collection of rugs and textiles acquired by Heinrich and Waltraut Kirchheim
Katie Welch · 1 min
Fabulous creatures
Dating and attributing origins to antique rugs from Anatolia is an area of scholarship rife with conjecture and contention. Having researched carpets in the Orient Stars collection for the forthcoming Orient Stars 2, Michael Franses notes the pitfalls awaiting those who…
Travellers' Tales: Declarations of Independence
Cosima Stewart celebrates her love of Georgia—and the textile traditions that exemplify the country’s unique culture and spirit
